I bought one of these Dragon mb's. It's awesome! The C-media sound stuff and the via-rhine network adapter are fully supported (at least under kernel-2.4.12. It's very easy to overclock with it. -- /* Greg Evans, Bloomington, MN., USA - gje at parrotheaven.com */ ------------- "Beware when you do battle with monsters that you do not become one, and remember, when you stare long into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you" - F. Nietzsche Austad, Jay [austad at marketwatch.com] wrote: > Everything looks fine to me. You should check out the Soyo Dragon board > though. Runs about $130. It's black with purple pci slots! 6 usb ports (2 > onboard, 4 headers), 6 channel dolby digital onboard sound that's supported > by linux (the company that made the chip distributes the source for the > drivers and they are very full featured) SPDIF in/out and optical in and > out. Onboard sound usually sucks, but this onboard sound is sweet. Onboard > ethernet also which is supposed to work fine with linux. 6 ide channels (4 > of which are RAID capable). Did I mention it's black? > > A friend of mine bought one. It runs win2k, but he says it's the best board > he's ever owned (and he's had many). > > Jay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob W. Anderson [mailto:bobdove at pipeline.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:53 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] new box compatability > > > Hi: > > I'm planning on getting a new computer and would appreciate any feedback > re: the Linux compatibility of the hardware. > > Athlon 1.2G-C CPU with K7S5a mb, heatsink, fan. > 512MB PC2100 DDR memory > GeForce2 MX 400 64MB AGP Video card > IBM 40G 7200 rpm HD > Mid Tower ATX Case w/AMD approved 300w PS > > Your comments please. > > Bob W. Anderson > Newport > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list